Building a decentralized bank for micro businesses in Latin America
Alumni-founded Quipu Market offers loans and other financial services to entrepreneurs through its online marketplace.
Taking the guesswork out of dental care with artificial intelligence
MIT alumni-founded Overjet analyzes and annotates dental X-rays to help dentists offer more comprehensive care.
Helping dairy farmers raise healthy cows
Labby has developed an optical milk scanner based on materials-sensing technology that dairy farmers can use to measure the health of their cows.
Bringing hope and transformation to the Democratic Republic of Congo
MIT political science master’s student Milain Fayulu is building brands to bring change to his home country.
Solve at MIT 2022: Demystifying world issues one connection at a time
Hundreds of social impact leaders from around the world convene to discuss the world’s most imminent problems and how to ethically solve them.
Expanding energy access in rural Lesotho
MIT alumni-founded OnePower is building minigrids to power villages across the small, mountainous country.
Solar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition
Nona Desalination is developing a compact water-desalination device that requires less electricity than a cell phone charger.
MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
New five-year agreement will support SPARC science, increase graduate students and postdocs, and support interdisciplinary work toward fusion power plants.
Surface coating designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
The student pitch competition included a variety of solutions addressing water access, usage, and maintenance.
Affordable prosthetics and orthotics to rival the world’s best devices
Rise Bionics, founded by D-Lab Scale Ups fellow Arun Cherian, creates customized assistive devices for patients in India.
Multiplying the MIT $100K’s impact
The $100K Entrepreneurship Competition has inspired students to bring the model to regions across the globe.
Bridging communities to reimagine cultural preservation
Roots Studio, founded by Rebecca Hui SM ’17, helps rural communities license their art to brands around the world.
MIT Energy Conference focuses on climate’s toughest challenges
Annual student-led conference looks at prospects for decarbonizing some of the most difficult industries, including aviation and cement production.
School of Engineering welcomes Thomas Tull as visiting innovation scholar
Primary focus will be to advance and promote technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship across the school.
Workshop tackles a critical gap slowing the development of new hardware technologies
MIT, RPI, and SUNY convene a national conversation on semiconductor tech translation and hard-tech startups.